to elaborate: i need those of you in the know to recommend me a few linux os with a decent amount of pre-installed media players. not just 1 media player, but at least 3.

in case some of you are wondering why i don't just install my own media players once i am connected to the internet: i plan on using linux ONLY in a live environment. that's it. so i don't wanna have re-download the the media players every time i start up the live os.

i would really appreciate any help you can give me.

I know PCLinuxOS (or least used to) has VLC installed by default - with full codec support. While the last time I was using openSUSE it had Kaffeine media player installed (if you chose the KDE desktop environment), it didn't have the most popular media codecs installed.

Why do you want 3 media players ?

thank for the reply, jsb. the reason i want an linux os with at least 3 media players is because normally when i download an os with a single video player (which usually turns out to be vlc), it turns out to not be good with playing videos in a live environment (i'm assuming). and i assume this because when i use tails os video player, the videos are not choppy. but when i play a video using an os that has vlc only by default, it turns out to always be choppy. why do you think that is? its really weird i know that. lol. so what i'm saying is if i use an os that has at least 3 video players, it'll lessen the chance of me running into any playback problems that i can't get around in the moment.

so thanks once again, jsb, for any info you can provide.

If you create a Linux USB stick with persistent storage, you can install as many players as you like and they won't go away when you turn off the computer:
https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/1491...b-flash-drive/

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As above, or remaster a distro (such as AntiX) to use 'live'.

P.S. You may just need to increase the cache size to enable smooth playback with vlc.

Peek at the reviews on distrowatch.

There are some ultimate sort of media distros that have audio and video software installed default.
There are distro's like Mint that have some software that is generally not available in other distro's.

I've found that media players just don't work well in a live system. The storage is too slow, missing codecs, missing plugins, etc. And, if you want to do something every time you boot, like install software, you can write a script and run it.

Slackware probably comes with more media players by default than any other distro (xmms, amarok. gmplayer, xine, kplayer, and maybe some more I can't remember off the top of my head), but I have to second AwesomeMachine's advice.

Running (I assume streaming) media from a ramdisk imposes limitations that will negatively affect any media player.

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thanks all. i'm gonna try to figure something else out.

in addition to Linux "Distros" it would not be fair to not mention:

Apple BSD unix - which runs allot of Linux wares but not lk (not without emulating virtual etc) and is nearly the final word on multimedia - except for a so-so gaming culture.

Most of the Apple BSD are open source and most Apple libs are free to download or to submit to apple for change.

FreeBSD does allow multimedia and has an excellent compile from source system, but I don't know of any androids running it.

(google and google android, they of course took Linux distros and some say are behind hindering them from competing on the shelf - staying clearly in the forefront)

I'm unsure about RedHat (a long time ago they used to be at the top for linux).

Ubuntu I don't personally suggest because I know you'll be subject to ubuntu moderators and admin "rulership" which may be conflict of interest - and get nothing back. But for a PC install that has media quick that I don't mind formatting later: i'd do it sure.

Throwing in the kitchen sink live distro I know of based off Gentoo is


https://linux.softpedia.com/get/Syst...VD-10085.shtml

I think Knoppix is another
https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=knoppix

AFAIK Slackware doesn't include 3 video players. It includes two: xine and MPlayer.

The Plasma 5 version of Slackware Live has VLC as well.

https://docs.slackware.com/slackware:liveslak

I think liveslack include VLC because Alien Bob builds it in his repo.
Otherwise, within a vanilla Slackware as video players, we have Kplayer, mPlayer and Xine, if I don't miss one.